FORGET KNOTS PER SQUARE INCH. A high knot count (100, say, vs. 70) does not mean that a rug is more durable. It often simply means that the carpet has a more intricate design.

Rug companies are rolling out their latest batch of area rugs for the summer markets. Styles span a range of new on-trend looks and innovative constructions to appeal to the increasingly diverse ...

Sitting at the back of the large, brightly lit room of Pars Oriental Rugs, 48 Congress St., surrounded by hundreds of hand-made rugs from Persia, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries ...

The day after some sanctions against Iran were lifted last month, Nasser Mohammadzad of Scranton arranged to have Persian rugs shipped to Buckingham Oriental Carpets warehouse in Scranton. While Pe… ...

“New rugs are usually rolled up tight for transport, and it can be hard to get the rug out of its curled shape,” says Michael Sadigh, owner of Persia Oriental Rug Gallery in Shrewsbury ...

Keep it reverse-rolled. If reverse-rolling the rug doesn’t get the job done right away, roll it back up the same way (the reverse of how it was initially rolled) and tie it up.